[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Medicine](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med) › [Alchemy and Iatrochemistry](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa) › [Tantric alchemical scriptures and works of the Rasasiddhas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha) › [Anandakanda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda) › 2.4.6 # Anandakanda 2.4.6 Ānandakanda 2.4.6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.4.6) rūkṣāṅgaṃ sadalaṃ tāmraṃ neṣyate rasakarmaṇi / utkledamohabhramadāhabhedāḥ tāmrasya doṣāḥ khalu durdharāste / viśodhanāt tadvigatasvadoṣaṃ sudhāsamaṃ syādrasavīryapāke // > rough-surfaced, and flaky copper is not desired in alchemical work. / Nausea, delusion, dizziness, burning sensation, and diarrhea are indeed the severe defects of copper; / through purification, when its defects are removed, it becomes equal to ambrosia in the cooking of mercurial potency. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.4.5) - [Next: 2.4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.4.7) - [Up: 2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda~en-mt.2.4.6) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Rasendracūḍāmaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.rasendracudamani.14.44) — Somadeva (alchemist), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.rasa.siddha.anandakanda.2.4.6) · Pramāṇa